Serum human chorionic gonadotropin concentrations greater than 400,000 IU/L are invariably associated with suppressed serum thyrotropin concentrations

Thyroid

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 863-868

  Lockwood, Christina M ^a   Grenache, David G ^b,c   Gronowski, Ann M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; HYPERTHYROIDISM; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 68349107802     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2009.0079     Document Type: Article

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